Lewis & Short

Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus.

The word equum could not be parsed. Trying a normal dictionary lookup:

No entries found. Showing closest matches:

ĕquŭla, ae, f. dim. [equa].

  1. I. A little mare, a filly, Varr. ap. Non. 106, 12.
  2. II. Transf., of a voluptuous woman, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 617 P.

ĕquŭlĕus or ĕcŭlĕus, i, m. dim. [equus], a young horse, a colt, foal.

  1. I. Lit., Varr., Pompon., and Cic. ap. Non. 105, 11 sq.; Liv. 31, 12.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Eculeos argenteos nobilis aufert, horses wrought in silver, works of art, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 42; cf. the sarcastic pun: jactabit se et in his equitabit equuleis, Emi, pecuniam solvi, on these hobbies, id. ib. § 43.
    2. B. As an instrument of torture, a wooden rack in the shape of a horse, Cic. Mil. 21 fin.; id. Poët. Tusc. 3, 28, 67; Curt. 6, 10, 10; Sen. Ep. 67; Amm. 14, 5; Prud. στεφ. 10, 109 al.

ĕquŭlus, i, m. dim. [equus], a small young horse, a foal, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 13; 2, 8 fin.; * Cic. N. D. 2, 14, 38.

1. ĕquus, i (gen. plur. equūm, Verg. G. 2, 542; Stat. Th. 4, 409 al.), m. [Sanscr. acvas; Gr. ἵππος (ἴκκος); cf. Epŏna; root, ak-, to be sharp or swift; cf. Gr. ἄκρος, ὠκύς; Lat. acus, ocior], a horse, steed, charger.

  1. I. Prop.
    1. A. In gen. (cf.: caballus, canterius, mannus), Varr. R. R. 2, 7; Col. 6, 27 sq.; Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154 sq.; Pall. Mart. 13; Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 441 ed. Vahlen); Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 39; id. Men. 5, 2, 109; Cic. Rep. 1, 43; 1, 7, 9 et saep.: equus = equa, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 11.
      Offered as a sacrifice to Mars, Paul. ex Fest. p. 81, 16, and p. 178, 24 sq. Müll.; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 1, 20; and v. October: EQVO PVBLICO ORNATVS, EXORNATVS, HONORATVS, etc.; or, ellipt., EQVO PVBLICO, very often in inscriptions; v. Inscr. Momms. 73; 459; 445; 1952; 2456; 2865 al.
      In another sense: equi publici, post-horses, Amm. 14, 6.
      Equo vehi, advehi, ire, desilire, equum conscendere, flectere, in equum ascendere, equo citato, concitato, etc., see under these verbs.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. Of cavalry, in the phrase, equis virisque (viri = pedites; cf. eques and vir), adverb., with horse and foot, i. e. with might and main, with tooth and nail, Liv. 5, 37; Flor. 2, 7, 8; also: equis, viris, Cic. Phil. 8, 7, 21; id. Fam. 9, 7; cf. Nep. Hamilc. 4; and in the order, viris equisque, Cic. Off. 3, 33.
      2. 2. Transf., of race-horses: ego cursu corrigam tarditatem tum equis, tum vero, quoniam scribis poëma ab eo nostrum probari, quadrigis poeticis, i. e. in prose and poetry, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, a (see the passage in connection).
    3. C. Transf.
      1. 1. In plur. (like ἵπποι in Homer), a chariot, Verg. A. 9, 777.
      2. 2. The wind, Cat. 66, 54; Val. Fl. 1, 611.
      3. 3. In mal. part., Hor. S. 2, 7, 50; Petr. 24, 4; App. M. 2, p. 122; Mart. 11, 104, 14.
    4. D. Prov.: equi donati dentes non inspiciuntur, we don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, Hier. Ep. ad Ephes. prooem.
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A. Equus bipes, a sea-horse, Verg. G. 4, 389; Auct. Pervig. Ven. 10: fluviatilis, a river-horse, hippopotamus, Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 73.
    2. B. Equus ligneus, like the Homeric ἁλὸς ἵππος, a ship, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 10.
    3. C. The Trojan horse, Verg. A. 2, 112 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 108; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 12; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 25; Hor. C. 4, 6, 13 al.
      1. * 2. Trop., of a secret conspiracy, Cic. Mur. 37, 78.
    4. D. A battering-ram, because shaped like a horse; afterwards called aries, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202.
    5. E. The constellation Pegasus, Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111 sq.; Col. 11, 2, 31; Hyg. Astr. 2, 18; 3, 17.
  3. F. Equus Trojanus, the title of a play of Livius Andronicus, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2 al.

2. Equus Tūtĭcus, i, m., a town in Samnium, now S. Eleuterio, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 1; cf. the interpreters of Hor. S. 1, 5, 87; and Mommsen in Bullett. d. Inst. 1847, p. 170, and 1848, p. 7 sq.